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I am wondering what a good price for shellies are.

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What kind of shellies?

It really depends on where you are. A good price here might not be a good price where you live, ya know?


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Ocellatus and multifasciatus. I want to say my LFS wants 20 for the Ocellatus and 10 or 15 for Multifasciatus. I might have that mixed up but I just thought that might be a little high.

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I don't think that's a terrible price, especially since many/most African cichlids are more pricey than South Americans. I think that my work is charging at least $18 on our multis, probably around $25. If you really like the fish, then price doesn't matter. Just go out and buy them if you want.



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That sounds about right. You could get either for about $5 each online but you'd have to pay shipping.

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How safe is online fish buying? I have looked at a few sites but I never knew if I could trust known if the fish would be alive or died when it showed up.

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An other thing....... would it be bad to mix different shellies?

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Very safe, if you choose the right seller/breeder - I can recommend several from personal experience, as can other FPers, and there's always Aquabid feedback and the Cichlid-Forum review section.

Mixing shellies is rarely if ever a good idea. Given a large enough tank you can certainly have a shellie species and a rockdwelling species, though.

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wild cot multies go for 30 bucks for 3 in brantford ontario my local stores round where i live wont order any in but there r some breeders where u can get multies for a 1 or 2
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